I think the general thinking is that in the c/c++ world dependency management is the role of the build tool This is currently really easy to do cleanly though

I think the general thinking is that in the c/c++ world dependency management is the role of the build tool This is currently really easy to do cleanly though CMake by using Hunter and toolchain files (don't use submodules or addexternalproject) External tools like Conan are also unnecessary bc they introduce redundancy and extra maintenance